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About USU

The mission of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is to educate, train and prepare uniformed services health professionals, officers and leaders to directly support the Military Health System, the National Security and National Defense Strategies of the United States and the readiness of our Armed Forces.

Academics

Since our first graduating class in 1982, the USU's MDs. Nurses and graduates in biomedical sciences provide exceptional service through service in the U.S. Military and civilian careers of distinction. Today, America's Medical School has 691 enrolled students and 5,043 graduates. Over 1,300 graduates in Biomedical Sciences lead aggressive research in medical research. Today's 663 graduates of the School of Nursing blend science, research and field training in advanced practice and PhD degrees. The USU's Postgraduate Dental College provides advanced degree's to the military's dental community, graduating 72 students since establishment.

Research At USU

The University's research program covers a range of clinical and other topics important to both the military and public health. Infectious diseases, trauma medicine, health maintenance, and cancer are areas of particular strength. Researchers are also making important new efforts in state-of-the-art fields that cut across disciplines, such as genomics, proteomics, and drug-delivery mechanisms.

Centers

USU is home to many different Centers and Institutes, which help advance the university's research, education and public service missions. Faculty members and students collaborate with other leading experts at USU's Centers and Institutes on projects that push incredible boundaries across manifold disciplines of biomedical science. Their work is shaping military medicine and world health in many positive, powerful ways.

Military At USU

The USU's military unique curriculum is supported by military professions from all services who teach USU's military and civilian students. All military personnel are supported by the USU Brigade, the Brigade staff are managed by the Military Personnel Office.

AFRRI At USU

AFRRI mission is to preserve the health and performance of U.S. military personnel and to protect humankind through research that advances understanding of the effects of ionizing radiation.

To these ends, the institute collaboratively researches the biological effects of ionizing radiation and provides medical training and emergency response to manage incidents related to radiation exposure.

Education & Technology Innovation Support

Education & Technology Innovation Support

ETI Office

Quick Tip

Wondering how to use the Sakai LMS? On the ETI’s Resources page, you can view Quick Reference Guides to help you get started with Sakai.

Welcome to the ETI Support Office

Welcome to the Education and Technology Innovation (ETI) Support Office site. At the ETI, you will find an experienced and innovative group of instructional designers and media developers who are ready to work with faculty and staff in support of student learning to:

Develop small group activities for the classroom or distributed learning (DL) environment

Design and develop DL materials for new or existing courses

Support the transition of content from the classroom to the DL environment

Integrate innovative remediation techniques into your courses

Plan ways to engage learners and support learning.

To find out about other ways the ETI can help you design instructional materials and activities to allow for greater flexibility during and outside of classroom time with students, check out the Services page.

Announcements

ETI BROWNBAGS

2016

TOPIC: What an Instructional Designer/Learning Engineer can do for faculty/staff at USU.

DATE: December 05, 2016 from 1230 - 1330

LOCATION: Small Dining Room

2017

TOPIC: Brown Bag Orientation on Copyright, Trademarks, and Legal Considerations for Online and Face to face Course Creation at USU.